COUNSELING THEORIES USED IN GROUP

WHY A THEORY OF COUNSELING IS IMPORTANT PROVIDES THE FOUNDATION OR DIRECTION FOR THE COUNSELING/HELPING PROCESS HELPS TO SHAPE THE COUNSELING/HELPING PROCESS(TECHNIQUES/PROCEDURES USED) SETS UP THE PHILOSOPHICAL REASONING AS TO CAUSES OF PROBLEMS AND ULTIMATELY TREATMENT PLANNING THE IMPORTANCE OF AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH * THE WISHY-WASHY COUNSELOR * THE UNBENDING COUNSELOR

PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOANALYSIS (FREUD) (CHILDHOOD) ADLERIAN (MISTAKEN BELIEFS/PRIVATE LOGIC) INSIGHT ORIENTED * WHY DO I DO WHAT I DO? FOCUS ON PAST EVENTS IN RELATIONSHIP TO CURRENT EVENTS LONG TERM (PSYCHOANALYSIS) MULTIPLE TRANSFERENCES IN GROUP FOSTERING SOCIAL INTEREST COLLABORATION

EXPERENTIAL/RELATIONAL EXISTENTIAL (THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE) PERSON-CENTERED (NONDIRECTIVE) GESTALT (NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION) EMPHASIS ON RELATIONSHIP EMPHASIS ON SUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCES INCLUDING FEELINGS HERE AND NOW VERSUS THE PAST AN EMPHASIS ON CHOICES ROLE PLAYS PSYCHODRAMA/FAMILY SCULPTURES

COGNITIVE APPROACHES RATIONAL EMOTIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY (ABC) COGNITIVE THERAPY (COGNITIVE DISTORTIONS) TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS (SCRIPTS AND TRANSACTIONS) FOCUS ON THINKING ERRORS BRIEF AND SOLUTION FOCUSED EDUCATIONAL IN APPROACH CHECKING THINKING WITH GROUP MEMBERS ROLE PLAYS

BEHAVIORAL APPROACHES BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL) REALITY THERAPY (CHOICE THEORY) FOCUS ON LEARNING MORE EFFECTIVE BEHAVIORS A FOCUS ON CHOICES AND RESPONSIBILITY (REALITY) BRIEF AND SOLUTION FOCUSED COMMITMENT TO CONTRACTS SKILLS PRACTICE WITHIN THE GROUP * ROLE PLAYS SKILLFUL QUESTIONING (WDEP)

OTHER APPROACHES FEMINISTIC THEORY * EMPOWERMENT * THE PERSONAL IS POLITICAL * GROUPS FOR WOMEN ADDRESSING WOMEN’S ISSUES (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT OR ABUSE, EATING DISORDERS) SOLUTION-FOCUSED * SEARCHING FOR SOLUTIONS AND STRENGTHS WITH EACH OTHER NARRATIVE THERAPY * CHANGING SELF NARRATIVES * EXTERNALIZAION * WRITING LETTERS